 | Mayer Brown argues Eritrean accused of torture deserves asylum
Andy Pincus quoted in article discussing the case he argued at the Supreme Court on whether the US should deny political asylum to a man who, out of fear for his own life, stood by as others were tortured. Read >>
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 | Mayer Brown pro bono team secures credit facility for microfinance organization’s African expansion
Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today the successful completion, on a pro bono basis, of a syndicated credit facility for BRAC, a not-for-profit microfinance and developmental organization in Bangladesh. Total capital committed exceeds $62 million, and the anchor investor is the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The credit facility will enable BRAC to develop microfinance lending operations in Tanzania, Uganda and Southern Sudan. Read >>
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| Asylum Victory for Chadian Persecution Victim
15 October 2008 - In January of 2007, Mr. A, a volunteer civics teacher in Chad, was illegally arrested by Chadian security forces. Over a seven-day period, he underwent three separate interrogation sessions where he was repeatedly kicked, burned, whipped with various weapons, and beaten to the point of unconsciousness. Read >>
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| Asylum Won for African Academic
8 October 2008 - The US Citizen and Immigration Service granted asylum to Mayer Brown pro bono client, Mr. S. A native of Africa, Mr. S was a leading academic in the field of communications, specializing in public relations, journalism and ethics in journalism. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Files Amicus Brief On Behalf Of Members of Congress in Case Denying Asylum to Victims of Female Genital Mutilation
22 September 2008 – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey vacated a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that denied asylum to a Malian woman who was the victim of female genital mutilation (FGM). Read >>
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| Mayer Brown attorneys win motion to vacate murder conviction of Richard DiGuglielmo
A Westchester County (NY) judge has granted a motion filed by lawyers from Mayer Brown LLP to vacate the murder conviction of former New York City police officer Richard DiGuglielmo. The ruling by Judge Rory Bellantoni also ordered DiGuglielmo’s immediate release from prison and precluded prosecutors from re-trying him. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Lawyers Prevail in “Boy Soldier” Asylum Case
30 August 2008 - Brian Massengill, Heather Lewis Donnell, Dana Douglas, James Hart, Anne De Geest, and Alisa Harrison have won asylum for their client, K.S., a former child soldier from Sierra Leone. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown's First Iraqi List Project Success
Mayer Brown has successfully secured refugee status for a pro bono client in association with our involvement with The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Lawyers Demonstrate Deficient Performance of Appellate Counsel
Pro bono client Brett Stallings is headed back to district court for a possible sentencing rehearing thanks to the efforts of Mayer Brown associate Heather Martin, who received the case through the firm's Seventh Circuit pro bono project. Read >>
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| Trial Permitted for Pro Bono Client Claiming Negligent Healthcare and Malpractice
29 July 2008 - Mayer Brown pro bono client Diego Gil, a federal prisoner in Oxford, Wisconsin, will be permitted to bring suit against a prison doctor, a physician's assistant and the United States for negligence and malpractice under the Federal Tort Claims Act and for the deliberate indifference of prison medical staff to his medical needs in violation of his Eight Amendment rights. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Associate Organizes Wills for Heroes Event
Charlotte associate Clark Walton planned and held a pro bono event on Saturday, July 19 in Salisbury, North Carolina for the non-profit organization Wills For Heroes (www.willsforheroes.org). Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Coordinates Amicus Effort, and Files Amicus Brief, in U.S. Supreme Court Case Ruling in Favor of Guantánamo Detainees
On June 12, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in favor of the petitioners in Boumediene v. Bush, (06-1195), finding that the detainees held at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base have a right to challenge their detention in U.S. courts. The Supreme Court struck down the provisions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that stripped the federal courts of jurisdiction to hear habeas corpus petitions filed by Guantánamo detainees, holding that these provisions violate the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution. "The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times," Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Launches Project to Help Iraqi Refugees
Mayer Brown has launched a pro bono effort to assist Iraqi refugees through the non-profit organization, "The List Project to Help Resettle Iraqi Allies" (www.thelistproject.org), which was profiled on 60 Minutes in May. Read >>
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| Asylum Granted in Rare Same-Religion Persecution Claim
In a rare case of same-religion, religious persecution, the U.S. government has granted asylum to Mayer Brown pro bono client, Ms. A-J. A native of Saudi Arabia, Ms. A-J was married for more than two decades to a prominent Saudi physician with strong ties to the royal family. Although both Ms. A-J and her husband were Sunni Muslim's, because of her progressive religious beliefs, Ms. A-J's husband punished her by repeatedly raping, verbally and emotionally abusing, and beating her. In response, Ms. A-J defied religious and social norms by obtaining a divorce in July of 2006. Then, the following August, she fled to the United States with her daughter, who was being forced into an early marriage by her father. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Wins Release of Wrongfully Incarcerated Prisoner
Thanks to the efforts of Mayer Brown partner Dan Himmelfarb and associate Andrew Brisker, on June 16, 2008, the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana issued a writ of habeas corpus ordering the release of the firm's pro bono client, Angel Morales, who had spent almost 10 years in federal prison. Read >>
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| Innocence Project Honors Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown and best-selling author John Grisham were co-honorees at the Innocence Project's second annual Celebration of Freedom & Justice benefit on May 7, 2008. The Innocence Project assists prisoners who could be proven innocent through DNA testing. For the past five years, Mayer Brown has worked on eight cases with the Innocence Project and monitored Congressional activity on issues important to the project's goals. The firm also co-sponsors the Mayer Brown Eyewitness Fellow to manage a new initiative dedicated to developing and promoting methods for improving eyewitness identification procedures. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Sponsors Forum on Iraqi Refugee Crisis
As part of Mayer Brown's pro bono efforts on behalf of Iraqi refugees, the firm co-sponsored the Second Annual Matthew J. Ryan Law and Public Policy Forum on April 4, 2008, at the National Press Club. Read >>
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| Victory In Seventh Circuit Appeal
On March 13, 2008, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of our pro bono client, Mr. Arturo Escobar-Barraza, in an opinion written by Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook and joined by Judges Richard Posner and Diane Wood. Read >>
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| Mayor Daley Thanks Mayer Brown For Pro Bono Assistance In Gun Control Case
In a letter dated January 30, 2008, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley thanked David Gossett and the Mayer Brown team that worked with him for their assistance in the District of Columbia handgun ordinance case, District of Columbia v. Heller, No. 07-290, currently pending in the Supreme Court. Read >>
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| Mayer Brown Lawyers Secure Settlement For Somali Refugee In Supreme Court Case
2 January 2008 - Lawyers in the firm's Washington, D.C. and Chicago offices, together with co-counsel from the National Immigrant Justice Center, recently reached a settlement agreement with the United States government in a pro bono immigration case that was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Read >>
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